Westbury, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Oerlikon Metco
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Oerlikon Metco in 1101 Prospect Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590 resulted in days away from work. Employee was distribution center associate in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Oerlikon Metco
- Parent company
- Oerlikon
- Street
- 1101 Prospect Avenue
- City
- Westbury
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 11590
- On-site location
- Loading dock east end
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
- Days restricted or transferred
- 96
Before the incident
Employee was lifting a box containing a printer and putting it on a lift table.
What happened
Employee was lifting a box which was too heavy to lift by himself and was lifting with his back instead of his legs. Upon performing the lift employee immediately felt pain in his lower back.
Injury or illness
Strained lower back.
Object or substance involved
Heavy printer box.
Summary line
Strained lower back while lifting heavy box
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Distribution center associate
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332117: Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 282
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 538,692
- EIN
- 382654206
- Establishment ID
- 570211
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 10:56
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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